title: Consistent behavioural traits and behavioural syndromes in pairs of the false clown anemonefish Amphiprion ocellaris.
abstract: Using the social clown anemonefish Amphiprion ocellaris, whether individuals exhibited consistency in activity levels, boldness and sociability in a paired context, and whether these three behavioural traits were positively correlated within a single behavioural syndrome, was investigated. The results highlight that consistent individual differences in behaviour are expressed in a social fish and suggest that consistent behavioural traits and behavioural syndromes could influence the structure and functioning of their societies.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, NSW 2518, Australia. marianw@uow.edu.au
authors.forename: M Y L
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Medina
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Uppaluri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Seymour
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Buston
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010473:Perciformes; D012919:Social Behavior
keywords: activity; boldness; personality; repeatability; sociability; syndrome